At f7, we believe deeply that the future of innovation is accelerated by creating an equal starting line for bold founders and funders to build the next world changing companies.
Our program aims to share knowledge with emerging managers and expand f7’s network of investors and operators to the next generation. Since 2021, we’ve hosted 30 fellows, including 25 women, 16 BIPOC persons, 3 military veterans, and one startup founder.
f7 Fellows

Mahim Goyal

Mahim Goyal is a first year MBA, bringing extensive fintech and financial services experience from his roles at Goldman Sachs, where he led strategic risk management initiatives, and slice (leading Indian fintech), where he served as a Product Manager for their digital payments and credit platform. He is exploring entrepreneurship – excited to see what ideas he comes up with!

Clarissa Cheng

Clarissa Cheng is a second year MBA at Kellogg originally from Boston but was based in SF for a long time. She previously worked as a Venture Fellow at Symphonic Capital for 6+ months and brings deep operational expertise from her 5-year tenure at Affirm where she was a revenue operations lead!

Surbhi Bagri

Surbhi is coming from investing at a variety through a variety of platforms in India – primarily from Series A to C focusing on CPG, EVs, among others. She is a current MBA candidate at Kellogg.
f7 Fellowship Alumni

Smita Balaji


Annie Pyle


Taarini Dang


Keira Harder


Victor Liu


Kate Connaughton


Liz Wu


Rahul Srivathsa


Mark Liao


Anais Engel


Payal Agarwal


Jodi Leah Kraushar


Nancy Cai


Maddy Landon


Hannah Adelsberg


Dan Parsons


Ashna Bhatia


Deanna Mostowfi


Upashruti Agrawal


Janani Hariharan


JD Ganguly


Cat Knoerr


Simona Kovatcheva


Grace Fish


Paige Decker


Shobhit Kudesia


Maya Ioschpe


Emily Brannon


Emily Bauman

